Over 11,000 acres burned in South Florida
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An interactive wildfire map shows active fires burning in Broward and Miami-Dade as smoke impacts air quality and visibility across parts of South Florida.
Heat and humidity over South Florida helped a blaze build towering pyrocumulus clouds seen by NOAA satellites, with rain chances rising this week.
FLORIDA WILDFIRESMultiple wildfires are burning across South Florida, including one that has scorched at least 5,000 acres. Track them with this interactive map ⬇
Residents living nearby have been advised to closely monitor the situation and stay prepared in case authorities ask them to leave.
Visibility on some roads has been affected by wildfires in some Florida counties early May 8.
The drought in Florida is one of the worst in years, sparking almost 2,000 wildfires and burning more than 120,000 acres since Jan. 1.
Fire crews are monitoring a growing Everglades wildfire near U.S. 27 and Pines Boulevard as smoke drifts toward the Holly Lake community in Pembroke Pines.
Eastern wildfires could become more common in the coming years, wildfire ecologists say.